Athletics — Long Jump, Men

Times held 42
Total participants 930
Total countries 141

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1896 Long Jump, Men Olympic 9 5
1900 Long Jump, Men Olympic 12 6
1904 Long Jump, Men Olympic 9 3
1904 Long Jump (AAU Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Long Jump (Olympic Collegiate Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 4 1
1904 Long Jump (Olympic Irish Sports), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 2
1904 Long Jump (Western AAU Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Long Jump (YMCA Championship), Men Olympic (non-medal) 3 1
1904 Long Jump (Anthropological Days (Native Americans)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 5 1
1904 Long Jump (Anthropological Days (Filipinos)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 2 1
1904 Long Jump (Anthropological Days (Cocopah)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 2 1
1904 Long Jump (Anthropological Days (Ainu)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 1 1
1904 Long Jump (Anthropological Days (Pueblo)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 1 1
1904 Long Jump (Anthropological Days (Africans)), Men Olympic (non-medal) 2 1
1906 Long Jump, Men Intercalated 27 10
1908 Long Jump, Men Olympic 31 9
1912 Long Jump, Men Olympic 30 13
1920 Long Jump, Men Olympic 29 11
1924 Long Jump, Men Olympic 34 21
1928 Long Jump, Men Olympic 41 23
1932 Long Jump, Men Olympic 12 9
1936 Long Jump, Men Olympic 43 27
1948 Long Jump, Men Olympic 21 17
1952 Long Jump, Men Olympic 27 19
1956 Long Jump, Men Olympic 32 21
1960 Long Jump, Men Olympic 49 34
1964 Long Jump, Men Olympic 32 20
1968 Long Jump, Men Olympic 35 22
1972 Long Jump, Men Olympic 36 25
1976 Long Jump, Men Olympic 33 25
1980 Long Jump, Men Olympic 32 23
1984 Long Jump, Men Olympic 31 25
1988 Long Jump, Men Olympic 41 31
1992 Long Jump, Men Olympic 50 37
1996 Long Jump, Men Olympic 52 40
2000 Long Jump, Men Olympic 53 38
2004 Long Jump, Men Olympic 40 30
2008 Long Jump, Men Olympic 38 32
2012 Long Jump, Men Olympic 42 30
2016 Long Jump, Men Olympic 32 23
2020 Long Jump, Men Olympic 31 20
2024 Long Jump, Men Olympic 33 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Ellery ClarkUSA Bob GarrettUSA James B. ConnollyUSA
1900 Al KraenzleinUSA Meyer PrinsteinUSA Pat LeahyGBR
1904 Meyer PrinsteinUSA Dan FrankUSA Robert StanglandUSA
1906 Meyer PrinsteinUSA Peter O'ConnorGBR Hugo FriendUSA
1908 Frank IronsUSA Dan KellyUSA Cal BrickerCAN
1912 Albert GuttersonUSA Cal BrickerCAN Georg ÅbergSWE
1920 William PeterssonSWE Carl JohnsonUSA Erik AbrahamssonSWE
1924 DeHart HubbardUSA Ned GourdinUSA Sverre HansenNOR
1928 Ed HammUSA Sylvio CatorHAI Al BatesUSA
1932 Ed GordonUSA Lambert ReddUSA Chuhei NanbuJPN
1936 Jesse OwensUSA Luz LongGER Naoto TajimaJPN
1948 Willie SteeleUSA Bill BruceAUS Herb DouglasUSA
1952 Jerome BiffleUSA Meredith GourdineUSA Ödön FöldessyHUN
1956 Greg BellUSA John BennettUSA Jorma ValkamaFIN
1960 Ralph BostonUSA Bo RobersonUSA Igor Ter-OvanesyanURS
1964 Lynn DaviesGBR Ralph BostonUSA Igor Ter-OvanesyanURS
1968 Bob BeamonUSA Klaus BeerGDR Ralph BostonUSA
1972 Randy WilliamsUSA Hans BaumgartnerFRG Arnie RobinsonUSA
1976 Arnie RobinsonUSA Randy WilliamsUSA Frank WartenbergGDR
1980 Lutz DombrowskiGDR Frank PaschekGDR Valery PodluzhnyURS
1984 Carl LewisUSA Gary HoneyAUS Giovanni EvangelistiITA
1988 Carl LewisUSA Mike PowellUSA Larry MyricksUSA
1992 Carl LewisUSA Mike PowellUSA Joe GreeneUSA
1996 Carl LewisUSA James BeckfordJAM Joe GreeneUSA
2000 Iván PedrosoCUB Jai TaurimaAUS Roman ShchurenkoUKR
2004 Dwight PhillipsUSA John MoffittUSA Joan Lino MartínezESP
2008 Irving SaladinoPAN Khotso MokoenaRSA Ibrahim CamejoCUB
2012 Greg RutherfordGBR Mitch WattAUS Will ClayeUSA
2016 Jeff HendersonUSA Luvo ManyongaRSA Greg RutherfordGBR
2020 Miltiadis TentoglouGRE Juan Miguel EchevarríaCUB Maykel MassóCUB
2024 Miltiadis TentoglouGRE Wayne PinnockJAM Mattia FurlaniITA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 23 15 11 49
Great Britain GBR 2 1 2 5
Greece GRE 2 0 0 2
East Germany GDR 1 2 1 4
Cuba CUB 1 1 2 4
Sweden SWE 1 0 2 3
Panama PAN 1 0 0 1
Australia AUS 0 4 0 4
Jamaica JAM 0 2 0 2
South Africa RSA 0 2 0 2
Canada CAN 0 1 1 2
Germany GER 0 1 0 1
Haiti HAI 0 1 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 0 1
Soviet Union URS 0 0 3 3
Italy ITA 0 0 2 2
Japan JPN 0 0 2 2
Finland FIN 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Norway NOR 0 0 1 1
Spain ESP 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Carl Lewis USA 4 0 0 4
Meyer Prinstein USA 2 1 0 3
Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE 2 0 0 2
Ralph Boston USA 1 1 1 3
Randy Williams USA 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1936 Summer Olympics Mohammad Khan 36 See all
Albania ALB 2020 Summer Olympics Izmir Smajlaj 18 r1/2 See all
Algeria ALG 1988 Summer Olympics Lotfi Khaïda 29 r1/2 See all
Angola ANG 1992 Summer Olympics Afonso Ferraz DNS See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1984 Summer Olympics Lester Benjamin 15 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 1932 Summer Olympics Héctor Berra 7 See all
Armenia ARM 2012 Summer Olympics Arsen Sargsyan 25 r1/2 See all
Australasia ANZ 1908 Summer Olympics Ernest Hutcheon DNS See all
Australia AUS 1948 Summer Olympics Bill Bruce 2 Silver See all
1984 Summer Olympics Gary Honey 2 Silver
2000 Summer Olympics Jai Taurima 2 Silver
2012 Summer Olympics Mitch Watt 2 Silver
Austria AUT 1948 Summer Olympics Felix Würth 8 See all
Bangladesh BAN 1988 Summer Olympics Shahanuddin Choudhury AC r1/2 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Aliaksandr Hlavatski 7 See all
Belgium BEL 1996 Summer Olympics Erik Nys 13 See all
Belize BIZ 1968 Summer Olympics Owen Meighan 34 r1/2 See all
Benin BEN 1980 Summer Olympics Théophile Hounou 26 r1/2 See all
Bermuda BER 2012 Summer Olympics Tyrone Smith 12 See all
Bohemia BOH 1906 Intercalated Games Otto Hahnel-Kohout 20 See all
Bolivia BOL 1972 Summer Olympics Lionel Caero 34 r1/2 See all
Botswana BOT 2008 Summer Olympics Gable Garenamotse 8 See all
Brazil BRA 1952 Summer Olympics Ary Façanha 4 See all
British Virgin Islands IVB 1996 Summer Olympics Keita Cline 40 r1/2 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Summer Olympics Yordan Yanev 8 See all
Burkina Faso BUR 1992 Summer Olympics Franck Zio 24 r1/2 See all
Cameroon CMR 1988 Summer Olympics Frédéric Ebong-Salle 19 r1/2 See all
Canada CAN 1912 Summer Olympics Cal Bricker 2 Silver See all
Cayman Islands CAY 2000 Summer Olympics Kareem Streete-Thompson 13 r1/2 See all
Chad CHA 1984 Summer Olympics Kémobé Djimassal 17 r1/2 See all
Chile CHI 1952 Summer Olympics Carlos Vera 14 r1/2 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1956 Summer Olympics Ling Te-Sheng 16 r1/2 See all
Colombia COL 2024 Summer Olympics Arnovis Dalmero 11 See all
Croatia CRO 2024 Summer Olympics Filip Pravdica 9 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Iván Pedroso 1 Gold See all
Cyprus CYP 1984 Summer Olympics Dimitrios Araouzos 30 r1/2 See all
Czechia CZE 2008 Summer Olympics Roman Novotný 7 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics Josef Vosolsobě 13 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1976 Summer Olympics Brou Kouakou 28 r1/2 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1972 Summer Olympics Hyon Jong-Gu DNS See all
Denmark DEN 1906 Intercalated Games Otto Bock 15 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Lutz Dombrowski 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 2008 Summer Olympics Hugo Chila =23 r1/2 See all
Egypt EGY 2000 Summer Olympics Hatem Mersal 33 r1/2 See all
El Salvador ESA 1992 Summer Olympics Angelo Iannuzzelli 39 r1/2 See all
Estonia EST 1924 Summer Olympics Valter Ever 19 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Ruudi Toomsalu 19
Eswatini SWZ 1996 Summer Olympics Victor Shabangu 43 r1/2 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1980 Summer Olympics Abebe Gessese 29 r1/2 See all
Fiji FIJ 1976 Summer Olympics Tony Moore 31 r1/2 See all
Finland FIN 1956 Summer Olympics Jorma Valkama 3 Bronze See all
France FRA 1976 Summer Olympics Jacques Rousseau 4 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Emmanuel Bangué 4
Georgia GEO 2016 Summer Olympics Bachana Khorava 19 r1/2 See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Luz Long 2 Silver See all
Ghana GHA 1972 Summer Olympics Joshua Owusu 4 See all
Great Britain GBR 1964 Summer Olympics Lynn Davies 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Greg Rutherford 1 Gold
Greece GRE 2020 Summer Olympics Miltiadis Tentoglou 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Miltiadis Tentoglou 1 Gold
Grenada GRN 1992 Summer Olympics Eugene Licorish 30 r1/2 See all
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Roy Fearon DNS See all
1952 Summer Olympics José Julio Barillas DNS
Guinea GUI 1992 Summer Olympics Soriba Diakité AC r1/2 See all
Guyana GUY 1992 Summer Olympics Mark Mason 15 r1/2 See all
Haiti HAI 1928 Summer Olympics Sylvio Cator 2 Silver See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2016 Summer Olympics Chan Ming Tai 17 r1/2 See all
Hungary HUN 1952 Summer Olympics Ödön Földessy 3 Bronze See all
Iceland ISL 1948 Summer Olympics Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson 14 r1/2 See all
India IND 1948 Summer Olympics Baldev Singh 11 r1/2 See all
Iraq IRQ 1960 Summer Olympics Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak 46 r1/2 See all
Ireland IRL 1928 Summer Olympics Paddy Anglim 21 r1/2 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Mohammad Arzandeh 17 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1956 Summer Olympics David Kushnir 25 r1/2 See all
1960 Summer Olympics David Kushnir 25 r1/2
Italy ITA 1984 Summer Olympics Giovanni Evangelisti 3 Bronze See all
2024 Summer Olympics Mattia Furlani 3 Bronze
Jamaica JAM 1996 Summer Olympics James Beckford 2 Silver See all
2024 Summer Olympics Wayne Pinnock 2 Silver
Kenya KEN 1984 Summer Olympics Moses Kiyai 16 r1/2 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2008 Summer Olympics Hussain Taher Al-Sabee 10 See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Essa Abbas AC r1/2 See all
Lebanon LBN 1984 Summer Olympics Ghabi Issa Khouri 27 r1/2 See all
Liberia LBR 1956 Summer Olympics Edward Martins 31 r1/2 See all
Lithuania LTU 2012 Summer Olympics Povilas Mykolaitis 26 r1/2 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1920 Summer Olympics Henri Pleger 23 r1/2 See all
1924 Summer Olympics Paul Hammer 23
Malaya MAL 1960 Summer Olympics Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin 43 r1/2 See all
Malaysia MAS 1968 Summer Olympics Anthony Chong 29 r1/2 See all
Mali MLI 1984 Summer Olympics Abdoulaye Traoré 25 r1/2 See all
Mauritius MRI 2004 Summer Olympics Jonathan Chimier 10 See all
Monaco MON 1920 Summer Olympics Edmond Médecin 21 r1/2 See all
Mongolia MGL 1972 Summer Olympics Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar DNS See all
Morocco MAR 2008 Summer Olympics Yahya Berrabah =16 r1/2 See all
Mozambique MOZ 1980 Summer Olympics Stélio Craveirinha 27 r1/2 See all
Namibia NAM 2008 Summer Olympics Stephan Louw 12 r1/2 See all
Netherlands NED 1928 Summer Olympics Hannes de Boer 6 See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1996 Summer Olympics Ellsworth Manuel AC r1/2 See all
New Zealand NZL 1960 Summer Olympics Stan Norris 32 r1/2 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1968 Summer Olympics Don Vélez 32 r1/2 See all
Nigeria NGR 1964 Summer Olympics Wariboko West 4 See all
North Borneo NBO 1956 Summer Olympics Gabuh bin Piging DNS See all
Norway NOR 1924 Summer Olympics Sverre Hansen 3 Bronze See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics Muhammad Ramzan Ali 17 r1/2 See all
Panama PAN 2008 Summer Olympics Irving Saladino 1 Gold See all
Paraguay PAR 1984 Summer Olympics Óscar Diesel 28 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1984 Summer Olympics Liu Yuhuang 5 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Wang Jianan 5
Peru PER 1936 Summer Olympics Carlos de la Guerra 22 See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Stanisław Jaskułka 5 See all
Portugal POR 2000 Summer Olympics Carlos Calado 10 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1972 Summer Olympics Wilfredo Maisonave 23 r1/2 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Elmer Williams 23 r1/2
Qatar QAT 2004 Summer Olympics Abdul Rahman Al-Nubi 37 r1/2 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1984 Summer Olympics Kim Jong-Il 8 See all
Romania ROU 2004 Summer Olympics Bogdan Țărus 8 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Vitaly Shkurlatov 9 See all
Saar SAA 1952 Summer Olympics Toni Breder 19 r1/2 See all
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 1988 Summer Olympics Orde Ballantyne AC r1/2 See all
Senegal SEN 2008 Summer Olympics Ndiss Kaba Badji 5 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Danial Jahić 21 r1/2 See all
Seychelles SEY 1992 Summer Olympics Danny Beauchamp 37 r1/2 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1992 Summer Olympics Tom Ganda 27 r1/2 See all
Slovenia SLO 1996 Summer Olympics Gregor Cankar 6 See all
South Africa RSA 2008 Summer Olympics Khotso Mokoena 2 Silver See all
2016 Summer Olympics Luvo Manyonga 2 Silver
Soviet Union URS 1960 Summer Olympics Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 3 Bronze See all
1964 Summer Olympics Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 3 Bronze
1980 Summer Olympics Valery Podluzhny 3 Bronze
Spain ESP 2004 Summer Olympics Joan Lino Martínez 3 Bronze See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1948 Summer Olympics Gallage Peiris AC r1/2 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Benny Fernando AC r1/2
Sudan SUD 1992 Summer Olympics Khaled Ahmed Musa 42 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 1920 Summer Olympics William Petersson 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 2024 Summer Olympics Simon Ehammer 4 See all
Thailand THA 1952 Summer Olympics Kamtorn Sanidwong 25 r1/2 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1984 Summer Olympics Joey Wells 6 See all
The Gambia GAM 1996 Summer Olympics Ousman Sallah AC r1/2 See all
Togo TOG 1984 Summer Olympics Bilanday Bodjona 26 r1/2 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1976 Summer Olympics George Swanston 25 r1/2 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 1996 Summer Olympics Vladimir Malyavin AC r1/2 See all
Türkiye TUR 1960 Summer Olympics Yalçın Ünsal 35 r1/2 See all
Uganda UGA 1956 Summer Olympics Lawrence Ogwang 27 r1/2 See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Roman Shchurenko 3 Bronze See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Dmitry Bagryanov 7 See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 1984 Summer Olympics Shahad Mubarak 23 r1/2 See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics Mahmoud Attef 37 r1/2 See all
United States USA 1896 Summer Olympics Ellery Clark 1 Gold See all
1900 Summer Olympics Al Kraenzlein 1 Gold
1904 Summer Olympics Meyer Prinstein 1 Gold
1906 Intercalated Games Meyer Prinstein 1 Gold
1908 Summer Olympics Frank Irons 1 Gold
1912 Summer Olympics Albert Gutterson 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics DeHart Hubbard 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Ed Hamm 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Ed Gordon 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Jesse Owens 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Willie Steele 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Jerome Biffle 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Greg Bell 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Ralph Boston 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Bob Beamon 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Randy Williams 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Arnie Robinson 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Carl Lewis 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Carl Lewis 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Carl Lewis 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Carl Lewis 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Dwight Phillips 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Jeff Henderson 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 2016 Summer Olympics Emiliano Lasa 6 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2024 Summer Olympics Anvar Anvarov 20 r1/2 See all
Venezuela VEN 2004 Summer Olympics Víctor Castillo 15 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Hans Baumgartner 2 Silver See all
West Indies Federation WIF 1960 Summer Olympics Paul Foreman 12 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1976 Summer Olympics Nenad Stekić 6 See all
Zambia ZAM 1980 Summer Olympics Bogger Mushanga DNS See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 2008 Summer Olympics Ngoni Makusha 4 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2024 Summer Olympics Mohammad Al-Salami Amin 29 r1/2 See all